I now own a computer with Windows 8, so I'll judge for myself whether everyone's griping about the way it's all laid out is justified. So far I'm fairly okay with it. The layout of the 'start' menu throws one for a loop, but some of the features look really swell. I'm not entirely sold about it though, and I am still exploring the extent of it's customizablity. I'm also not a fan of how much Windows wants me to be connected to shit in "the cloud". I find I'm constantly telling programs to not do that when I first open them.

I am pleased that I was able to get a terabyte of storage on a laptop in my price range. Hooray for Moore's Law!